What do I do to ignore what’s behind me?
Do I follow my fate and escape blindly?
Do I hide my pride away from these bad dreams
And give into sad thoughts that are maddening?
Do I let it go and try to stand it?
Or do I try to catch them redhanded?
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness?
Or do I trust nobody and live life in lonliness?
The sunlight burns the skin of sleeping men
I make the right turns but I’m lost within
I put on my daily façade but then
I just end up gettin’ hurt again
[pre-chorus:]
By myself (Myself)
I ask why (but in my mind I find)
I can’t rely on myself (Myself)
I ask why (but in my mind I find)
I can’t rely on myself
[chorus]:
I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watchin’ everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in
If I turn my back I’m defenseless
And to give in to fate seems senseless
If I hide my pride and let it all go on
Then they’ll take from me ’til everything is gone
If I let them go I’ll be outdone
But if I try to catch them I’ll be outrun
If I’m killed by the questions like a cancer
Then I’ll be buried in the silence of the answer…
[pre-chorus and chorus]
How do you think
That I’ve lost so much
I’m always afraid
That I’m out of touch
How do you expect
That I will know what to do
When all I know
Is what you tell me to
Don’t you (know)
I can’t tell you how to make it (go)
No matter what I do, how hard I (try)
I can’t seem to convince myself (why)
I’m stuck on the outside
[x2]
[chorus]
I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watchin’ everything spin
With thoughts of failure from with…(in)
Ocak 2nd, 2007
Caught up against the wall again
Tied and chained to the ball again
Never cease to amaze in minds
So I just sleep sleep sleep please don’t
Wake me till the morning after [2x]
Cut and bruised by the fall again
Lick my wounds like a dog again
Is that a light at the end of the tunnel
That I see I see please let it be but don’t
Wake me till the morning after [3x]
Oh I’m so tired there has got to be an end
to the pain I feel when I’m
awake and alive alive alive
alive and I’m dreamin’
Caught up against the wall again
Tied and chained to the ball again
Is that a light at the end of the tunnel
That I see I see please let it be but don’t
Wake me till the morning after [3x]
Oh I’m so tired there has got to be an end
to the pain I feel when I’m
Awake and alive alive alive
Alive and I’m dreamin’
Ocak 2nd, 2007
(feat. X-Ecutioners)
[Woman]
[Intro]
I knew I was being threatened
Do you think it was worth holding out?
I mean I’ve heard some pretty ugly things about those guys
Ugly stories
[X-ecutioners]
Watch them flee… watch them flee
Rap rap rap up
Watch them flee
Hip-Hop hits
And you do it like this
[Mike Shinoda]
[Verse 1]
It’s going down
The rhythm projects ’round the next sound
Reflects the complex hybrid dialect now
Detects the mesh of many elements compressed down
The melting pot of a super-futuresque style
The combination of vocal caress
With lungs the gasp for breath
From emotional stress
With special effects
And a distorted collage
Carefully lodged between beats of rhythmic barrage
[Pre-chrus x2:]
It’s going down
The logical progression on the timeline
The seperation narrowed down to a fine line
To blur the edges so they blend together properly
Take you on an audible odyssey
Now it’s going down
A logical progression on the timeline
The seperation narrowed down to a fine line
To blur the edges so they blend together properly
Take you on an audible odyssey
Now it’s going down
[Chorus (X-ecutioners with Mike Shinoda):]
Put it out for the world to see
LP and X-Men to the 10th degree (It’s goin down)
Nobody in the world is safe
When we melt down the wax in your record crate (It’s going down)
[Mike Shinoda]
[Verse 3]
Once again it is
Composed sentences
All together venomous
The four elements of natural force
Projected daily through the sound of the source
Everybody on board as we blend
The sword with the pen
The mightiest the weapons
Swinging right from the chin
To elevate of mental states
Long gone with the wind
To defend men from shoddy imitation pretends
It’s going down
Style assimilation readily
Trekking through the weaponry
Of the pure pedigree
Cleverly seeing through whatever is ahead of me
Whatever the weather be
We invent the steadily
It’s going down sub-terrestrial high
I rhyme regiment that’s calling the shots
Exectution of colloborative plots
Ready to bring the seperation of style to a stop
[Pre-chorus]
[Chorus (X-ecutioners with Mike Shinoda)]
[X-ecutioners]
X-men ’bout to blast off world wide
Yo it’s a request only
X-men ’bout to blast off world wide
It’s built from scratch
Album in stores soon
‘Bout to blast off world wide
And you do it like this
Just like this
[X-ecutioners]
Put put…put it up
I said it goes like this
And you do it like this
It’s going down
Put put…put it up
I said it goes like this
And you do it like this
It’s going down
[X-ecutioners, Mike Shinoda]
Like this
Like this
Like this
Like this
Like this
Ocak 2nd, 2007
Riding with a head full of bodies are red
And when this x is still stuck in my head
But misled doing the things I do would make you never wanna come back
But an all front attack, so you could never run from that
Being trapped in this beau, some that I never wanted to do
But through it all you’ve got to see that what I want to be
Is over the pen again letting it out of me
In the center of the day in the dream, seeing all my thoughts
Getting lost in between, realizing one that the way to the sea
And the killing and again are in the head with the screams
I wanna live in another place
Where no one can say that I live for them
I wanna be in the energy, not with the enemy
A place for my head
We’re gonna be crushed when it all falls apart
Going in the hollow, hoping that you won’t know
The strain it puts to me, seeing what you’ve done
And consequently I’ve run away, just hidden again
Within the boundaries of an anguish
Want me to say this, but you’re dragging me down
Lost in the chaos being tossed around
Singing again to myself, a head full of hectic
Hope that some day you’ll regret this
Everything’s the wrong place, the wrong time
Adding to the panic of my confine
Singing again to myself, a head full of hectic
Hope that some day you’ll regret this
Everything’s the wrong place, the wrong time
Adding to the panic of my confine
I wanna live in another place
Where no one can say that I live for them
I wanna be in the energy, not with the enemy
A place for my head
You
Try to take the best of me
Go away
You
Try to take the best of me
Go away
You
Try to take the best of me
Go away
You
Try to take the best of me
GO AWAY
You
Try to take the best of me, go away
You
Try to take the best of me, go away
You
Try to take the best of me, go away
You
Try to take the best of me, go away
I wanna live in another place
Where no one can say that I live for them
Start seeing it’s not meant
To be for me
I wanna be in the energy, not with the enemy
A place for my head
SHUT!!
UP!!
WHY!!
Singing again to myself, a head full of hectic
Hope that some day you’ll regret this
Everything’s the wrong place, the wrong time
Adding to the panic of my confine
Singing again to myself, a head full of hectic
Hope that some day you’ll regret this
Everything’s the wrong place, the wrong time
Adding to the panic of my confine
Ocak 2nd, 2007
I have a dream of a scene between the green hills
Clouds pull away and the sunlight’s revealed
People don’t talk about keeping it real
It’s understood that they actually will
And intoxicated and stimulated emcees
Staring in the trees, paranoid, are gone in the breeze
Watch them flee, hip-hop hits
Take a walk with me and what you’ll see
Is a land where the sand is made up of crushed up wax
And the sky beyond you is krylon blue
And everybody speaks in a dialect of rhyme
And emcees have left materialism behind them
Meanwhile I just grip my mic
And hope me and my team make it through alright
Because say what you will, and say what you might
But don’t ignore who it’s for at the end of the night
[CHORUS]
Because this is dedicated to the kids
Dedicated to wherever music lives
Dedicated to those tired of the same ol’ same
And dedicated to the people advancin’ the game
What’s real is the kids who know that something’s wrong
What’s real is the kids who think they don’t belong
What’s real is the kids who have nowhere to run
Who are hiding in the shadows waiting for the sun
I’ve seen a lot of shit, I’ve talked to a bum
Out on sunset strip, he asked me “How would you feel
If everybody acted like you didn’t exist
You’d lose your grip, probably eventually flip.”
So let it be known, the only reason that we do this
Is so you can pick it up and just bang your head to it
While emcees fight to see who can be the commonest
Be floatin overhead like a space odyssey monolith
Over seeing the game, over being part of the same ol’ thing
It’s all gonna change in a hurricane of darkness and pain
And acidic rain and promises that you won’t do it again
Meanwhile I just grip my mic
And hope me and my team make it through alright
Because say what you will, and say what you might
But don’t ignore who it’s for at the end of the night
[Chorus]
Pulling me close, the shadow is warm inside
This is where I feel at home, this is my place to hide
Pulling me close, the shadow is warm inside
This is where I feel at home, this is my place to hide
[Chorus]
This is dedicated to the kids
Dedicated to wherever music lives
Dedicated to those tired of the same ol’ same
And dedicated to the people advancin’ the game
What’s real, everybody who doesn’t feel safe
What’s real, everybody who knows they’re out of place
What’s real, anybody with nowhere to run
Who hides in the shadows waiting for the sun
Ocak 2nd, 2007
You fell away,
What more can I say?
The feelings evolved,
I won’t let it out,
I can’t replace…
Your screaming face,
Feeling the sickness inside
Why won’t you die?
Your blood in mine…
We’ll be fine…
Then your body will be mine
So many words
Can’t describe my face
This feeling’s evolved
So soon to break out
I can’t relate
to a happy state
feeling the blood run inside
Why won’t you die?
Your blood in mine…
We’ll be fine…
Then your body will be mine
Why is everything so fucking hard for me?
Keep me down to what you think I should be!
Must you tempt me and provoke the ministry?
Keep on trying I’ll not die so easily
I will not die…
Why is everything so fucking hard for me?
I will not die…
Why is everything so fucking hard for me?
I will not die…
Why won’t you die?
Your blood is mine….
We’ll be fine….
Then your body will be mine [x2]
Ocak 2nd, 2007
I didn’t think that I had a debt to pay
‘Til they came to take what I had left away
You said you wouldn’t put me to the test today
But I remember you saying that yesterday
There was a time when your mind wasn’t out of control
Every memory and confession pouring out of your soul
Like a pill you couldn’t swallow so it swallowed you whole
Another lie hard to follow, it followed you home
And like that
Broken down
A victim of your plight
Fire so out of control
Every memory and confession pouring out of your soul
And like that
Broken down
A victim of you lies
You hide behind
Lies
You don’t know
Why
You crossed the line
Wrapped up inside your
Lies
You hide behind
Lies
You’re lost inside that cold disguise
Behind your lies
I don’t know what I thought I might say
Seems like we never would talk the right way
Every other minute I fought for my place
And drop what I made thought you might say so
I’m guessing that you probably know
When your inside’s hollow and you want to be cold
Like a pill hard to swallow so it swallowed you whole
Another lie hard to follow, it followed you home
And like that
Broken down
A victim of your lies
You hide behind
Lies
You don’t know
Why
You crossed the line
Wrapped inside your lies
You hide behind
Lies
You’re lost inside that cold disguise
Behind your lies
You’re faking, you’re mistaken
If you think that you could climb out of this hole
Forsaken, what would take me?
Analyzing by the power of your soul
Broken down, a victim of your
Faking, you’re mistaken
If you think that you could climb out of this hole
Broken down, a victim of your lies
You hide behind
Lies
You don’t know
Why
You hide behind
Lies
You don’t know
Why
You hide behind
Lies
You don’t know
Why
You hide behind
Wrapped up inside your lies
You hide behind
Lies
You don’t know
Why
You crossed the line
Wrapped up inside your
Lies
You hide behind
Lies
You’re lost inside that cold disguise
Behind your lies
Ocak 2nd, 2007
If your havin girl problems i feel bad for you son
I got 99 problems but a bitch ain’t one
Hit me
Got Mike
He’s got the rap patrol on the gat patrol
Foes that wanna make sure his casket’s closed
Rap critics that say he’s “Money Cash Hoes”
He’s from the hood stupid what type of facts are those
If you grew up with holes in your zapitos
You’d celebrate the minute you was havin doe
So fuck critics you can kiss our whole asshole
If you don’t like my lyrics you can press fast forward
Got beef with radio if we don’t play they show
They don’t play out hits well we don’t give a shit SO
All these mags try and use our ass
So advertisers can give em more cash for ads…fuckers
I don’t know what you take us as
or understand the intellegence that Jay-Z has
I’m from rags to ritches nigga we ain’t dumb
I got 99 problems but a bitch ain’t one
Hit me
99 Problems but a bitch ain’t one
If you havin girl problems i feel bad for you son
I got 99 problems but a bitch ain’t one
The year is ‘94 and in my trunk is raw
In my rear view mirror is the mother fuckin law
I got two choices yall pull over the car or
Bounce on the devil put the pedal to the floor
Now i ain’t tryin to see no highway chase with jake
Plus i got a few dollars i can fight the case
So i…pull over to the side of the road
And i heard “Son do you know why i’m stoppin you for?”
Cause i’m young and i’m black and my hats real low
Do i look like a mind reader sir, i don’t know
Am i under arrest or should i guess some mo?
“Well you was doin fifty five in a fifty four”
“Liscense and regestration and step out of the car”
“Are you carryin a weapon on you i know alot of you are”
I ain’t steppin out of shit all my papers legit
“Do you mind if i look round the car a little bit?”
Well my glove compartment is locked so is the trunk and the back
And i know my rights so you gon’ need a warrent for that
“Aren’t you sharp as a tack are some type of lawyer or something?”
“Or somebody important or somethin?”
Nah i ain’t pass the bar but i know a little bit
Enough that you won’t illegally search my shit
“Well see how smart you are when the K-9’s come”
I got 99 problems but a bitch ain’t one
Hit me
99 Problems but a bitch ain’t one
If you havin girl problems i feel bad for you son
I got 99 problems but a bitch ain’t one
Hit me 99 Problems but a bitch ain’t one
If you havin girl problems i feel bad for you son
I got 99 problems but a bitch ain’t one
Hit me
99 Problems but a bitch ain’t one
If you havin girl problems i feel bad for you son
I got 99 problems but a bitch ain’t one
Now once upon a time not too long ago
A nigga like myself had to strong arm a hoe
This is not a hoe in the sense of havin a pussy
But a pussy havin no God Damn sense, try and push me
I tried to inore him and talk to the Lord
Pray for him, cause some fools just love to perform
You know the type loud as a motor bike
But wouldn’t bust a grape in a fruit fight
The only thing that’s gonna happen is i’mma get to clappin
He and his boys gon be yappin to the captain
And there i go traped in the kit kat again
Back through the system with the riff raff again
Fiends on the floor scratchin again
Paparatzi’s with they cameras snappin them
D.A. tred to give the nigga the shaft again
Half-a-mil for bail cause i’m African
All because ths fool was horrasin them
Tryin to play the boy like hes saccarin
But ain’t nothin sweet ’bout how i hold my gun
I got 99 problems but this bitch ain’t one
99 Problems but a bitch ain’t one
If you havin girl problems i feel bad for you son
I got 99 problems but a bitch ain’t one
Hit me
99 Problems but a bitch ain’t one
If you havin girl problems i feel bad for you son
I got 99 problems but a bitch ain’t one
Hit me
shut up when I’m talking to you
shut up, shut up, shut up
shut up when I’m talking to you
shut up, shut up, shut up
I’m about to BREAK
Everything you say to me
I got 99 problems but a bitch ain’t one
Hit me
I need a little room to breathe
I got 99 problems but a bitch ain’t one
Hit me
Everything you say to me
I got 99 problems but a bitch ain’t one
Hit me
I need a little room to breathe
I got 99 problems
And I’m about to
Break
Ocak 2nd, 2007
Onceki yazi